Chris Burgess joined Markel in 2019 as Manager of the London Cyber Team and was promoted to Director of Cyber in 2023.

Chris has worked within the insurance industry since 2004, spending the first decade of his career in the Financial Lines segment of insurance, underwriting D&O, Pension Trustee Liability, Crime, Professional Indemnity, Financial Institution and Employment Practice Liability business lines. He went on to hold a variety of management roles at his previous employer, a large global US insurer, including UK SME Manager, Regional Underwriting Manager, and then finally UK Cyber Leader.

He has worked on a broad range of product segments within those aforementioned classes of insurance, including SME and Major Account business, UK and International domiciled business, and has worked on large Multinational Program business. Chris is now Director of the Cyber and Tech PI division at Markel.